Question

What is one of the explanations Dr. Natterson-Horowitz gives for why there’s such a divide between treatment of humans and animals in contemporary society?

Answer 1

Answer:

One explanation that Dr Natterson-Horowitz gives for the divide between treatment of humans and animals in contemporary society is that there is a psychological separation that exists between human patients in hospitals which have technology and animals in the wild.

Explanation:

Dr Barbasra Natterson-Horowitz is a professor who is specialized in Medicine, Cardiology and in Human Evolutionary Biology. She wrote a book titled Zoobiquity and she explains that the reason for the divide between how humans and animals are treated is as a result of the psychological distance that exists between human patients in hospitals filled with technology and animals in the wild.